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W,. H. WINEGARDNER. DEVICE FOR BURNING FLUIDS.

No 400,618.. I Patented Apr 2. 1889.

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WILLIAM H. WINEGARDNER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO MARGARET R. FLAGG, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR BURNING FLUIDS.

SPECIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No.400,618, dated April 2, 1889.

Application filed August 27, 1887. Serial No. 248,096. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. WINE- GARDNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Devices for Burning Fluids, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to, devices for burning oil, and has particular reference to application of convenientmechanism for the purpose of burning oil in stoves, grates, and the ike.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 represents a plan view of an ordinary stove, part broken away, parts removed, and my invention attached. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line a: m. Fig. 3 is a cross=section on the line y y, unnecessary parts in each case being omitted.

Like parts are indicated by the same letter. in allthe drawings. 1

A is the top of a stove; B B, lids; C, the forward aperture from which the lids have been removed; D, an oil-tank; E E, a pipe leading therefrom; F F, valve controlling the same; F, a large pipe Within the stove, and into which opens the pipe E. It is provided with the drip-apertures G and the asbestus filling N.

H is a transverse air-pipe in the stove, having the outwardly funnel-shaped end I I and the downwardly=curved discharge-pipes J J.

K is a deflector beneath the ends of the.

pipes J and resting on the pan L, which has the asbestus filling M.

O O are the sides and end portions of the stove.

I have shown my invention as applied to an ordinary cooking stove or range. It could of course be applied to any kind of stove or furnace or grate or range, the parts being suitably altered to adapt them to the situation in which they might be placed. The proportion of the parts might be greatly changed. without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I have not shown the doors, feet, and other such portions of the stove, as any ordinary structure will answer my purpose.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows: A quantity of oil or fluid suitable for burning is put inthe tank D. By operating the valve F F this oil, as desired, may be discharged into the interior of the pipe F, where it saturates the asbestus filling N and drips through the apertures G into'the pan L. Here it is ignited and proceeds to burn either upon the asbestus lining N or in the pan L, or between the pan L and the pipe F, or about the apertures G, as the case may be. This burning of the oil generates a heating-flame, which passes through the stove in the ordinary manner. Now, I have discovered that in order to secure the best results it is desirable that the air admitted to the stovefor the purpose of supplying draft and aiding the combustion of the oil should be hot instead of cold. For this purpose I have devised the rest of my device. The heat of the fire causes a draft to immediately set in toward the flue, and this immediately starts a current of air inwardly from both ends of the pipe H, as shown by the arrows, and downwardly through the pipes J J; but the pipe H and the pipes J J will soon be raised to a very high temperature, and the air in them will be greatly heated and will be discharged onto the deflector K, whence it will supply the draft to the fire and aid the combustion of the oil. This operation is more perfect and effectual in proportion as the stove-body is air-tight.

The stove, as shown in the drawings, is provided with continuous sides; but when my appliances are attached to ordinary stoves the doors and sides thereof should be tightly fastened or packed so as to cause the air to be admitted only through the pipes H and J.

The asbestus packing N acts as an indestructible base and the oil dropped upon it burns thereon. -The tank D may be placed at any elevation and connected in any'convenient manner. The pan L rests about where the fire-grate is ordinarily placed.

In applying the invention to an ordinary stove it is only necessary to drill holes in the sides of the stove. When the invention is applied to a grate, the front of the same is tightly covered, and the funnel-shaped ends I project horizontally into the room. The ends of the pipes J should be placed in each casein such a position as to insure the delivery of the heated air at the point Where the combustion is going on.

Any kind of oil or burning-fluids can be used, though my device, as shown, is adapted for ordinary coal-oil.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure bylueans of Letters Patent, is as follows:

In a device for burning fluid, the combination of a furnace with a pan therein, said pan provided with a lining or coating of indestructible material, a deflector above the surface thereof and Within said pan, an air-supply pipe extending entirely through aud above the furnace and provided with downwardlyplied, substantially as and for the purpose 3o specified.

WILLIAM II. WINEGARDNER.

\Vitnesses:

FRANCIS W. PARKER, CHAS. I. BURTON. 

